In This Issue: ! AUGUST 2012

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1 In This Issue: New Members Pages 5&11 Activities Pages 6&7 Fourth of July Party Pages 8&9 Cops and Rodders Page 11 Driving in England Pages 12&13 Drive Away Cancer Page 13 Justice Page 16 Putzkes at Conclave Pages 15&17 HEALEY 1 HEARSAY

2 From The Editor: I was watching Top Gear the other day and the boys were discussing the best looking car ever. They chose their top three. They all agreed on the Ford GT40, then they all agreed on the Aston Martin DB7 and finally they all agreed on the Lamborghini Miura. I agree they are all idiots! First, all their choices are coupes. Not even ONE open car. Shameful!! Furthermore, anybody listing the best looking cars and not mentioning the Jaguar Series 1 E Type has lost his mind. And on top of this these blokes are British, for goodness sake!! I recognize there are all manner of elements that go into making a car the best. They need to look right, they need to sound right, they need to go right, and August Meeting Continued on Page 5 August 8, 2012 Jimmies Restaurant 9635 Mission Gorge Rd Santee, CA 6:30 PM HEALEY HEARSAY is the official monthly publication of the AUSTIN HEALEY CLUB of SAN DIEGO. Monthly member s meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 P. M. The location varies and is announced in the newsletter and on our web site: Membership Information Membership in the AUSTIN-HEALEY CLUB of SAN DIEGO is open to all owners of Austin & Jenson Healey s and to all others who profess an interest in the cars or the purpose of the club. Yearly dues to the AUSTIN-HEALEY CLUB of SAN DIEGO are $30 per household. Visit our web site or contact our Membership Coordinator, Vice President Mike Williams healeymike@earthlink.com for details and an application AHCSD Board Members President - Terry Cowan terry@toyshop-resto.com VP, Memship - Mike Williams healeymike@earthlink.com Secretary - Dick Schmidt dj_schmidt@dslextreme.com Treasurer - Mike Dolphin m.dolphin1@cox.net Activities - Rick Snover ricksnover@earthlink.net), Newsletter - Sam Talbert smacktalbert@gmail.com Special Staff Regalia Queen - Vacant COTY Recorder - Rick Snover ricksnover@earthlink.net) Librarian - Vacant Web Master - Rick Snover - sdhealey_admin@sdhealey.org Delegate, Austin Healey Club of America - Mike Williams healeymike@earthlink.net Representative, Car Club Council of Greater San Diego Gerry Kwiat (Part Time) , aahealeyguy@aol.com Representative British Car Club Council Terry Cowan terry@toyshop-resto.com Advertising Information Classified Ads (Market Place) are free to members. Classifieds for items wanted or small items for sale are free to nonmembers also. Ads may be placed at any time. Submit artwork and payment to the Treasurer. Annual display ad and monthly nonmember Car For Sale classified ad rates are as follows: Full Page 7 x 9 Half Page 4.5 x 7 Quarter page 2.25 x 3.5 Business card $ per year $75.00 per year $50.00 per year $30.00 per year All advertising and articles for publication must be submitted to the editor no later than the 20th of each month for publication in the next month s issue. smacktalbert@yahoo.com On the Cover: Bob Humphreys parked his 1974 Jensen Healey along Harbor Drive in front San Diego s own Star of India, the world s oldest active sailing ship. Visit our web site at HEALEY 2 HEARSAY

3 Dear Healey Peeps... Well here we are again almost August...Well we now have the completed mold and PMO back home again and so starts the race prep for Coronado, I hope. At the same time we are finishing up the Carmine Red BN-1 for its original owners Dan & Mary Lou Fox who live right here in San Diego. Our current goal is to have it ready for BCD. I love the color so much I may paint my 100-M that color. So, now we have to put a little "hustle in our bustle". We are also pushing hard again on the Healey Blue pre-production for the Smiths, so we are fairly busy around the Toy Shop as of late. I want to take a moment and once again thank Nancy & Neil Tabachki for having us at their wonderful home for the 4th of July party. And also thanks to Rick, Howard, Bob Kitterer and all those who helped make that happen. I have a call into Peter Roses to chat about our future outings with the Association. Also, there is a lot of noise going around the larger clubs about donating to John Nikas & Grace again so we will most likely talk about that again. OK that's all for now!! Hope to see you Jimmy's 6:30 PM August 8th...Terry President s Message: British Car Day 2012 The organizers are getting very excited about our new and improved British Car Day to be held on October 7, 2012, at Liberty Station in San Diego. For the first time ever, we will be doing a Saturday BBQ the night before the car show. The BBQ will be held at the Marriott at Liberty Station which is only a few hundred yards from the show field. You can register for the car show at the BBQ, if you d like, which will make your Sunday morning an easy process, as there will be two registration lines on Sunday, one for those register on Saturday and one for those who arrive for the first time on Sunday. With regard to our vendors, we have moved away from automotive related vendors to those with a distinct British theme, or to those vendors with great creativity and artistry. We will definitely have the most diverse and interesting group of vendors ever. Also, there will be an area for radio controlled race cars. This is another first. Bring the kids! If you have a radio controlled car, please bring it. If you don t have one, we may have a few available along with some guidance on how to operate them effectively. HEALEY 3 HEARSAY

4 July 2012 Healey Meeting Minutes The July 11th meeting was held at Jimmies Family Restaurant 9635 Mission Gorge Rd. Santee 26 members and guests were in attendance: Drove Healeys*, other British~. Terry Cowan, Mike Dolphin, Deborah Durham*, Bob & Sue Farnsworth, Dick Hoss, Bob Humphreys*, Susi Kwiat, Ed Matheus, Jody Morgan, Udo & Gisela Putzke*, John & Mary Schermerhorn, Dick & Jan Schmidt, Rick Snover, Gary Stalker, Howard & Lynne Stark*, Sam Talbert*, Craig & Sue Turner~, Ed Valle*, Sandy & Sandy Watt. Meeting was called to order at 7.15 p.m. by president Terry Cowan. General Discussions: As before, various events were brought up, which will keep people busy throughout the spring and summer. Please check this and all others out on the dedicated Activities Page. In the absence of a specific motion, last months meeting minutes will be deemed as approved as written. Vice President/ Membership: Mike Williams not in attendance. We do have a new member in Dick Hoss, who is a neighbor of the Farnsworths whom Bob introduced. Secretary: Dick Schmidt thanked Susi Kwiat for standing in as secretary in his absence, and to the group in general for their thoughts, cards, etc in his absence. Treasurer: Mike Dolphin dutifully reported on our current balance we re solvent. Newsletter: Sam brought pictures on his laptop from the July 4th party at the Tabachkis with 33 in attendance. He again stressed the need for content to dispel the need for stories of the grandkids. California Healey Week and Conclave should certainly provide source material. Activities: Given all the myriad of events around the city, August will be a your choice month as you peruse through the Dedicated Activities page(s). This will be made up for by Octobers British Car Day and our annual OktoberFest. At the Farnsworths, where else. Saturday the 20th 1.00 pm ish. Regalia: Open position. Museum/Greater SD Car Club Council: Gerry Kwiat was not in attendance. Susi did have flyers to some upcoming events and mentioned that the Auto Museum s Greatest show on Turf will now have a $30 entry fee. Also mentioned was the reminder that Simpsons Nursery show is Sunday July 15th in Jamul. Old Business: Sue Turner took a minute to comment on her hip injury recovery and thank the membership for their cards and remembrances. New Business: None. Dick Hoss was the lucky dinner entree winner. Meeting adjourned 7.55 p.m. Respectfully submitted Dick Schmidt, secretary HEALEY 4 HEARSAY

5 Continued from Page 2 stop right, etc. How much fuel they gulp is also a factor. I am not interested in picking the best car, I just want to limit this discussion to looks, like the Top Gear boys did. I also, know beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So, I expect some divergence. None-the-less, here is my pick for best looking cars. My top three: Jaguar Series 1 E Type, Austin Healey BN1, and the 1961 Chevrolet Corvette. Yeah, I know, they are all open. That s my bias. You probably have your own picks and I would like to know your choices. them to me at smacktalbert@gmail.com, and I ll publish them. New Member, Dick Hoss On my way out to Ramona to chat with new member Dick Hoss, a white Healey roared by with a couple of geezers in it. I found out department (that s a story you ll have to ask him about). Dick spent years as a pilot for Delta and it was there he saw a cute, British airline hostess and made tracks to marry her. They have three children and six grand kids. Dick found what looks like a Healey, bought it and drove it home from Michigan. I say, looks like a Healey because a closer look reveals very little that is actually Healey. In fact, the only Healey parts are boot lid hinges and the boot latch. The rest of the car is crafted together as a kit or a fully complete car. The most obvious characteristic is under the bonnet where lies a 5.0 liter Ford V8. So when you see that white Healey with flared wheel wells and wide rubber come roaring by later it was Bob Farnsworth and Dick Hoss. Dick and his wife, Deborah live in Ramona again, just around the corner from the Farnsworths. The big fire missed the Hoss residence, maybe due to Dick s personal fire with that unique Ford burble, look closely and that wide grin will be Dick Hoss feeling like he is 21 again! HEALEY 5 HEARSAY

6 ACTIVITIES Rick Snover, Chairman, AHCSD Activities Committee The big event in July was our annual Independence Day BBQ on the Fourth. I believe everyone had a really good time, thanks to the efforts of our hosts, Neil & Nancy Tabachki, Shopper-In-Chief Bob Kitterer and his Deputy Lynne Stark. We had a good turn-out of Healeys at the BBQ, but only one (the Starks ) showed up for the scenic drive. Oh, well. August brings the National City Automobile Heritage Day car show, the Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca, and our Ice Cream Social on Saturday the 25 th. We ll meet for ice cream at Foster s Freeze in Allied Gardens at 6pm, then decide whether or not we want to go to Santee Drive-In for a movie. It s Cruise Night season again, and many local communities are holding weekly or monthly events. Here are just a few that members have mentioned: El Cajon every Wednesday, with British Invasion on September 12 th (We may take advantage of the coincidence and hold our September meeting at the Cajon Classic.); La Mesa every Thursday; Escondido every Friday; Santee Lakes: every Friday; Chula Vista every Tuesday; Cliaremont Square 4 th Saturday of month. See for a whole bunch more. We re working on doing something in conjunction with the Austin Healey Association for the English Motors at Fairbrook weekend in mid-september maybe dinner after the tour on Saturday, but nothing s been decided yet. The following weekend is the Fleet Week Speed Festival The Race At The Base, and two weeks later is the San Diego British Car Day & Picnic at Liberty Station in Point Loma. This year s featured marque is MG, celebrating the 50 th anniversary. If my Sprite hasn t sold by then, maybe I should re-badge it as a Midget! Pre-registration is now open on the SD British Car Club Council website: Don t forget to pre-register your Healey! The more cars we have pre-registered in out classes (usually Big Healey and Sprite), the more trophies per class. Lots of great ideas have been coming in: John Felt has offered to make his next Bugeye BBQ event in September a Club event, although September s calendar is already pretty full; Terry Cowan is investigating the possibility of another Anniversary Brunch at Belle Fleur in November; and we re already starting to plan our annual Christmas Party in December, too. The rest of the year looks like a lot of fun! Thanks everybody, and keep those ideas coming! WHAT S COMING UP? Sunday, August 5 21 st Annual Automobile Heritage Day Parade & Car Show Featured Mark: Volkswagon Kimball Park, E. 12 th Street & "D" Ave., National City Presented by: National City Chamber of Commerce. Continued on Page 7 HEALEY 6 HEARSAY

7 Continued from Page 6 Wednesday August 8, 6:30PM AHCSD Monthly Meeting Jimmy's Family Restaurant, 9635 Mission Gorge Rd in Santee. August Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Featured Marque: Shelby Cobra Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Salinas, CA Sunday, August 19, 9:00AM Golden Cove All British Cars Coffee Meet Join other British car enthusiasts for Starbucks and conversation Starbucks Coffee at Golden Cove Shopping Center, Hawthorne Boulevard in Rancho Palos Verde. Recommended by: Austin Healey Association of Southern California. Saturday, August 25, 6:00PM Annual AHCSD (AHCA National?) Ice Cream Social Drive your Healeys to Foster s Freeze, 5129 Waring Road (TG 1250-A6). We ll have some ice cream or whatever else you like ( and then decide whether or not we want to go to Santee Drive-In for a movie. (Of course, non-healeys are welcome, too.) Sunday, August 26, 7:30AM-1:00PM Nuts4Cars Sports Car Rally Sports Car Show Girard Ave between Silverado and Prospect, La Jolla Registration: $25 Pre-Registration Deadline is Aug 14. $35 Registration from Aug A portion of your fee will be donated to support the San Diego Police Officers Widows & Orphans Fund. Presented by: Nuts4Cars - The La Jolla showcase for vintage and custom automobiles. Saturday, September 8, 10AM-2PM 3 rd Annual North Park Historical Society Car Show Open to all makes, models & years (pre-1990 encouraged) Balboa Tennis Club Parking Lot, 2221 Morley Field Drive, San Diego Limited to first 70 cars pre-registered by August 31 Preregistration fee: $10 Presented by: North Park Historical Society. Show Documents/Car Show Registration flyer pdf Sunday, September 9, 9AM-2PM Greatest Show On Turf 2012 Annual Auto Museum & Car Club Council Car Show Honoring Our First Responders 9/11/01 at Liberty Station in Point Loma Limited to first 400 cars registered Registration ($30, $46.50 w/ T-shirt): On-line: or print & mail: gsot registration_form_0.pdf Presented by: SD Automotive Museum & Car Club Council of SD Wednesday September 12, 5PM-8PM Cajon Classic British Invasion Cruise Night, downtown El Cajon. Saturday, September 15 English Motors At Fairbrook (Tour) Carlsbad-to-Harrah s Rincon Casino. Continued on Page 9 HEALEY 7 HEARSAY

8 The Fourth of July San Diego became the butt of jokes for the world s shortest fireworks display. It lasted a whole 18 seconds!! None-the-less, it did not broil. Side dishes from other members made the taste buds dance. Nancy is an accomplished grower of orchids and a walk around the corner of their house diminish the fun enjoyed by SDAHC in the backyard of Neil and Nancy Tabachki. Thirty three members (and friends) came and eight of them drove Healeys and Rick and Allie showed off her new Cooper. Howard Grill Master Stark filled the air with the pungent aroma of hickory smoke and laid out a feast of burgers, brats and made you feel lost in a rain forest with beauty peeking out from even remote places. An afternoon with a yard full of Healey folks just begs for Healey talk. At any time you might hear anything from stories of how Terry got started fixing Healeys in his driveway in Imperial Beach to conversations about California Healey Week and Conclave to does Nancy really ride that motorcycle? The plan was to cruise up to Rancho Santa Fe, enjoy Bar-B-Q at the Tabachkis, hang out with Healey friends, then wade through the Del Mar Fair traffic then watch the fireworks on the bay. Well, you know what happened there. So, the finish to a celebration of our independence turned out to be an 18 second dud. Never the less, looking back a great Continued on Page 9 HEALEY 8 HEARSAY

9 Continued from Page 8 afternoon with good friends in a free country says more about America than any fireworks display ever could. Thanks Rick for scheduling it, thanks Tabachkis for hosting it, thanks Howard for cooking it and thanks to all you military who insure it stays free and secure. God bless America!! Continued from Page 7 Sunday, September 16 English Motors At Fairbrook (Show) at Fairbrook Farm, 4949 South Mission Road, Fallbrook. September 22 & th Annual Fleet Week Coronado Speed Festival, "The Race at the Base" Vintage Auto Races, plus Navy Open House, Car Club Corral, Car Show, Garage Tour, Test at NAS North Island, Coronado. Produced by: San Diego Fleet Week Foundation. Saturday, October 6, 2012, 5:00PM S.D. British Car Day BBQ You can receive your registration packet early and skip the lines on the day of the show! Courtyard SD Airport/ Liberty Station, 2592 Laning Rd, San Diego Buy tickets ($20 each) with your British Car Day pre-registration, below. Presented by: San Diego British Car Club Council. Sunday, October 7 33 rd Annual San Diego British Car Day & Picnic Celebrating 50 Years of MGB Ingraham Plaza at Liberty Station, 2640 Decatur Road, in Point Loma. Information Line: (760) Pre-Registration by September 20th: $20/car ($10/motorcycle): sandiegobritishcarday.org/portal/index.php/ event-registration "British Car Day" group rate at Courtyard SD Airport/Liberty Station. Presented by: San Diego British Car Club Council. Saturday, October 20, 1PM Annual AHCSD Oktoberfest Bob & Sue Farnsworth s house in Ramona Stay tuned for details. HEALEY 9 HEARSAY

10 July Birthdays (Belated Happy Birthday!) Bob Humphreys 1 Silvia Torres 6 Edwin Neumeyer 8 Paul Brown 11 John Banales 13 Jo-Ann Carberry 14 Allie Snover 16 John Farkash 17 Alice Hurley 17 Dr. Janet Bowers 22 Andy Nelson 24 Neil Tabachki 28 Loreen Wilhelmy 30 August Birthdays July Anniversaries (Belated Congratulations!) Gisela & Udo Putzke 7/17/92 Christine & Paul Brown 7/23/70 August Anniversaries June & Tom Howe 8/01/64 Katherine & John McVeety 8/16/85 Ramona & Hank Kohlmann 8/17/68 Silvia Torres & John Banales 8/23/03 Janiece & Sam Talbert 8/28/58 Heidi Farkash 1 Sue Turner 1 Gary Stalker 2 Rick Snover 5 Sandy Watt 8 Gregory Sharp 9 Howard Stark 9 Alex Arndt 10 Alex Dolphin 14 Udo Putzke 14 Delia Williams 15 Curt Arndt 16 Roland Wilhelmy 17 Carlin Smith 20 Dennis Toler 21 Virginia de Boer 27 HEALEY 10 HEARSAY

11 New Member, Jody Morgan I drove out to the San Diego Sky Diving Center and Ultra Light Association tucked in at the upper end of Otay Lake where the sky is full himself onto the bumper of this flying machine and pretends to be Superman. One of these days Jody is planning to fish his Bugeyes out of the truck and put them on the road. They have been in there for years, he says, and I m not getting any younger. If I don t get them running soon, it might be too late. So keep an ear open for a call for a tech session in Lakeside to help Jody with his Sprites. Cops and Rodders Gerry and Susie Kwiat took in the Cops and Rodders event at Liberty Station and sent in these photos of some of the more important cars there; an ambulance, police cars and a Healey. Take a look. of parachutes and Jody Morgan was sitting in his hanger. New member, Jody Morgan lives in Lakeside and His Bugeyes are stashed in a truck buried in stuff. Since the cars are too deep in stuff and since the Ultra Light Association is close to my home, we decided to meet there. Jody showed me his plane and let me sit at the controls. I cannot imagine anyone feeling safe in one of these glorified kites. Strangely enough Jody is afraid of heights, but straps HEALEY 11 HEARSAY

12 BRITAIN VERSUS THE STATES FROM A are used to in the States. A bit of advice here is that DRIVER S VIEWPOINT most British drivers, if traffic allows, will slalom by Sandy Watt though a roundabout as if they were Formula One As most of you know there are drivers hitting the apexes and taking the shortest differences between driving in Britain and in route through the intersection. the US, but it is not only in regards to driving There is a rule in Britain on multi lane roads, on the correct side of the road. Having started that you stay in the slow lane unless you are passing, my driving career in Britain I know both and then you get back to the left lane as soon as it is methods and will give you the benefit of my safe. Speeds on the British Motorways tend to be experiences. This information, I hope, will slightly faster than in the US, and with a speed limit help you when you decide to take your car of 70mph on all dual carriageways. Most cars will over the pond to participate in the London to travel between 80 and 90mph, with the faster cars Brighton Run, or one of the other tours traveling well in excess of 100 mph, yet they are through Britain. Even if you decide not to safely sharing the same road with cars about 40mph. take your car you might still decide to go as a This is the reason for the lane etiquette, with people spectator, or you might decide to go the staying to the left unless they are passing. If it Beaulieu Auto Jumble, and visit car museums happens to be raining which it often does, don t around the country. worry, most people will still be driving at the same Driving in Britain is quite an speed as if it were in the dry. experience for the first time visitor, with all Driving in the Highlands of Scotland is like the cars being right hand drive, narrow nothing else in the world. Beautiful curving single twisting roads, single lane roads, Motorways, lane roads with free range sheep. These roads are fun and that lovely British road feature called the to drive but you have to be aware of oncoming traffic roundabout. To top it all off, there is the as the road is only wide enough for one car, and in beautiful weather. As we say if you don t like order to pass, one car has to give way and pull over at the weather, don t worry, just wait 20 minutes a passing spot until the vehicle going in the other and it ll get worse. Also we have a picnic direction has passed. These roads are often run at every Summer, if Summer happens to fall on a high speed, and the best way to prepare is to watch Sunday. All joking aside, a trip to Britain is a some of the pro-rally drivers competing on television. fun adventure and with a few safety concerns Most of the time while in Britain you will you will have an enjoyable trip. have no problem remembering that you need to stay The first concern is that once you have to the left. There are two occasions that you are arrived at the airport and are picking up the liable to have relapses, and head instinctively to the rental car, you will find cars going the wrong side of the road. The first is when you leave wrong direction. You will be tempted to use the Bed and Breakfast first thing in the morning, and the wrong lane out of the parking lot, and will the other is when you pull out of a petrol station and want to actually head into the oncoming head back into traffic. Just remember to keep the traffic. Stay to the left, go with the traffic passenger seat closest to the side of the road. flow, and you ll be driving out safely with all In Britain they don t talk American, and the other traffic. The next obstacle is the you will have to learn to speak properly. To help you roundabout that is always located at the exit out, I ve prepared a primer that should help. Car part from the airport. Once again the key is to stay swap meets are autojumbles. Gas is called petrol and to the left and give way to traffic from the is sold in Liters at a cost of about $8 per gallon. right. This is just the opposite from what we Continued on Page 13 HEALEY 12 HEARSAY

13 Continued from Page 12 Diesel is called diesel, but is also labeled Derv at the petrol station. A sidewalk is a Continued on Page 7 pavement and a pavement is a roadway. French fries are called chips, and chips are called crisps. A hood is a bonnet and a trunk is the boot. Cell phones are mobiles, and a sweater is a jumper. Shops don t open till 9am and tend to close from 1 to 2 for lunch and then close for the day at 6pm. A Full English is a big breakfast, not to be confused with the Full Monty, and Zebra, Pelican, Toucan and Puffin are all types of pedestrian crossings which are explained in the Highway Code which gives the rules for al road users. One major difference between the US and the UK is that the police normally won t pull you over for speeding unless your speed is extreme and you are considered unsafe to other drivers on the road. They leave your ticket to the speed cameras that are located all over the countryside. They take a picture of your license plate along with an imprint of your speed, and the date and time, and mail it to you. There is nothing quite like driving along a darkened road in the rain and all of a sudden having the inside of your car lit up like daylight as your picture is taken and you realize that you have just been caught. Daylight hours vary greatly with the time of year, and in the summer it is light until around midnight, with it getting light again around 3am. In the winter it s the opposite with only about 5 hours of daylight in the far north of Scotland. The first part of November, when the London to Brighton takes place there is about 8 hours of daylight, so the cars line up in the dark for the start, and you hope that you don t have any mechanical problems on the way that delay your arrival till after dark. The weather in November is already heading towards winter, and you can expect it to be cold and blustery. Wear your rain gear and your woollies, or be prepared to get chilled to the bone. All part of the old car hobby in Britain. Lap robes and even hot-water bottles are in order as you try to fend off the chill. A nice hot cup of tea from the thermos always helps. I haven t meant to scare anyone from deciding to go to Britain, I ve just tried to point out a few items that are not normally mentioned in the tour books, and make you realize that your best action is to have a helper with you. It is with great humility that I offer my services to you as driver, translator, and a tour guide. As a starting point I know all the major airports in the UK, and can speed you through customs and immigration to the rental car desk, and from there get you out of the airport and on to whatever part of the country you desire. (p.s.- The Beaulieu Autojumble is held the second weekend in September, and I will be there in case anyone wants a tour guide. Strategies for getting your autojumble goodies back home is Drive Away Cancer As many of you know John Nikas has been driving his Healey all ove the country raising awareness and money to combat cancer. A date has been suggested for all British car owners to participate in this effort. Saturday August 11 has been set aside for that purpose. What we will be doing as a club will be determined at the next meeting. For more information go to the following website: EPK_THEDRIVE_2012_X2.pdf HEALEY 13 HEARSAY

14 CAR OF THE YEAR (COTY) AWARD To recognize Club members who participate with their Healeys, the Austin Healey Club of San Diego awards CAR OF THE YEAR (COTY) points for various activities. Opportunities to collect COTY points include any car- related events (shows, drives, rallies, etc.) sponsored by an official organization (other car clubs, auto museum, city chambers of commerce, charities, etc.) where you participate with your Healey. Events need not be listed in the Club s newsletter to earn points. The participant is responsible for providing proof of participation (entrance fee receipt, photo, corroboration from other club members etc.) to the COTY Recorder, Rick Snover ( ricksnover@earthlink.net) within 30 days after the event. AHCSD events will have a sign- in sheet that will be forwarded to the recorder. For members with multiple eligible vehicles, be sure to indicate which one(s) you drove. COTY points currently approved by the Board are: AHCSD Mee>ngs & Tech Sessions 4pts; AHCSD Driving Events, Par>es, etc. 6pts; AHCSD Healeys on the Green 8pts; California Healey Week, Healey Rendezvous and Aus>n Healey Conclave 16pts; S.D. Bri>sh Car Day and Rolling B.C.D. 10pts; other mul>- day Bri>sh- themed events 8pts; other mul>- day events 4pts; other one- day Bri>sh- themed events 4pts; other one- day events 2pts. Other non- Healey Bri>sh- built cars earn half points, but are not eligible to win the award. All points received during the year by all members will be worth a discount towards the purchase of AHCSD regalia during the subsequent year. The total point leader at the end of the year will receive the coveted CAR OF THE YEAR badge for display on their Healey for the following year CotY Standings (as of 7/20/2012) Members Car Pts Members Car Pts Stark, H&L AH 3000 BT7 108 Felt, J&L AH Sprite AN5 12 Galper, L. AH 100 BN2 58 Turner, C&S AH 3000 Mk II BT7 10 Humphreys, B&B AH 3000 BT7 58 Cacciatore, C. AH 3000 Mk III BJ8 8 Farnsworth, B&S AH 3000 Mk II BT7 52 Cowan, T & Lisa M AH Sprite AN5 Speedwell 8 Snover, R&A AH 3000 Mk II BT7 52 Humphreys, B&B Jensen Healey 8 Talbert, S. AH Sprite AN5 50 Matheus, E. AH Sprite AN5 8 Neumeyer, E&A AH 3000 Mk III BJ8 48 McGee, J. AH 100 BN2 8 Newman, D&C AH 3000 Mk III BJ8 34 Pleasant, M. AH Sprite (Modified) 8 Tabachki, N&N AH BN6 34 Valle, E. AH 3000 Mk III BJ8 8 Voth, W. AH 3000 Mk III BJ8 34 Kirby, S&D MG 7 McVeety, J&K AH 3000 Mk III BJ8 28 Leon, S&L AH Sprite AN5 6 Williams, M&D AH 3000 Mk II BT7 28 Sharp, C&D AH 3000 Mk III BJ8 6 Cowan, T & Lisa M AH 3000 Mk III BJ8 24 Snover, A&R Mini Cooper 6 Linde, C. AH 100 BN2 24 Galper, L. Jaguar Mk II 4 McHarris, G. AH 100 BN2 24 Galper, L. Jaguar XJ6 4 Durham, D. Hot Wheels Healey 22 Hess, G&M AH 3000 Mk III BJ8 4 Putzke, U&G AH 3000 Mk II BT7 22 Kind, K. AH 3000 Mk III BJ8 4 Brewer, N. Jensen Healey 16 Schmidt, D&J AH BN6 4 Davies, R&S AH 100 BN2 16 Turner, C&S Jaguar XJ 4 Davies, R&S AH 100 BN2 (Mod.) 16 Waf, S&S AH 3000 Mk II BT7 4 Kwiat, G&S AH BN4 16 Turner, C&S Aston- Mar>n 3 Dolphin, M. AH 3000 Mk III BJ8 14 Galper, L. Jaguar 3.8S 2 Abel, P. AH Sprite AN5 12 Pendleton, J&L AH 3000 Mk III BJ8 2 HEALEY 14 HEARSAY

15 Putzkes at Conclave By Udo Putzke Gisela and I decided to go to Louisville a long time in advance. Former president of the AHCSD Tom and his wife Ernestine now live in Tennessee and we haven t seen them in a long time. Tom and Ernestine Lucky where the first people we ran into from the AH scene in SD. Driving through Poway, chasing yard sales on a Saturday, (something new to German Imports) we spotted a red AH rear fender sticking out of the garage. Spontaneous as I am, I swung my rainbow colored VW into the driveway, jumped out and said, that s a Healey. Tom & Ernestine looked at us like we were from another planet, but gave us a warm welcome and showed us their Healey. We have been friends ever since. Since Louisville is close to Chattanooga, we flew in to Chattanooga and spent our first night with the Luckys. The next day the four of us drove up to Louisville. The weather was hot, sticky, humid and on the last mile we even got a nice thunderstorm with standing traffic and water on the freeway. My mind went to the AH driver on the road. Welcome to Kentucky. At the hotel we checked in, got our registration and Bourbon cake for early registration and started to relax. Not! That wasn t possible, we had to set up our FAHRSPASS display. Talking and selling was a big part of our time here. Most attendees walk through the regalia room after picking up their registration and this provides a good opportunity to talk cars or shocks. Most people know us, but I can t remember all the names we have met over the years. Thanks to everyone. Later in the day I checked out the cars in the hotel parking lot. Many fine Healeys made their way to Conclave. The opening reception had a nice touch of KY horse race history, also showing concourse cars, Grace and a custom build aluminum 100-S body on display. Louisville, known for the KY derby, presented the attending AH clubs with their own SILKS and gave us all a lot of time to chat, and connect with old and new friends. On race day, since we didn t bring our Healey, we decided on not going to the track. It would hurt too much. We spent the time to explore the limestone cave and cold war protection shelter in Louisville. Impressive if you don t know what I mean check this website: The car show was set up on the Ohio River Park near downtown Louisville. With 230+ cars attending, the Kentucky Healey Clubs did a great job to get all cars down and parked before we arrived to start picking our choice of best in class, best in show and most like to go home with. BJ8-7 represented the largest class. Weather you ask? Hot sticky, humid, and the places under the freeway bridges (shade) were rare. Ice cream melted before you could get your tongue on it to taste. Gisela and Ernestine took off to explore downtown shopping street, mall, center, without luck. They made a nice bus tour, but didn t find any stores. Lucky me, no dollars spent. HEALEY 15 HEARSAY Continued on Page 17

16 Justice 42 years late but still Justice! I was watching Chasing Classic Cars on TV last week. Wayne Carini was taking a couple of Volkswagens to the Bonham's auction in Connecticut. The DMV was hasseling them about the VIN plates on the cars. It seems in order to do a proper restoration these VIN plates need to be taken off and replaced when the work is finished. The inspectors were concerned about the new rivets in the plates and Bonham s was having to authenticate each car. In the end the authorities were satisfied and the auction proceeded without further incident. I thought this was all much ado about nothing and the DMV were being nit picking buttheads. But the authorities were serious and Bonham s was doing back flips to make his Austin Healey 3000 (much like this one pictured here) just outside Philadelphia 42 years ago and when he came back out it was gone. All the king s men and all the king s horses could not find his car. It was gone! Fast forward 42 years. Bob has married his sweetheart and now lives in Dallas. Browsing E-Bay one day he sees something familiar. There is his car! Up for auction. He swings into action having all the paperwork and the key still tucked away in a desk drawer. He contacts one of those nit picking buttheads and gets his car back. For 42 years someone else has had the pleasure of driving his car but now Bob has it back, a little tired but it is still a Healey and it s still wonderful! There are a couple of morals here that I can see. First, faith, persistence, and diligence pays off sooner or later. Second, those nit picking buttheads are the good guys even though sometimes we want to wring their necks. I ask myself if there is an upside to this story. Well, maybe. If Bob s Healey had not been stolen that night he still would have married his sweetheart and about 5 years later he would have sold his beloved Healey when their first child arrived. He would have looked at that child for the rest of his life and thought, You are the reason I had to sell my Healey. That child would have grown up feeling alienated and rejected and would probably have gone to England and blown up British Leyland....Oh, well.... everything work out. I have, however, changed my thinking a bit. Recently in an article on C/NET there was a story about a Bob Russell who parked HEALEY 16 HEARSAY

17 Continued!om Page 15 A Funkhana was setup in the hotel parking lot, so no need to drive around town. Playing polo with a horse is hard, but the horse and rider know what they re doing. Playing polo with a car, with the co-driver giving commands to the driver and the driver interpreting them to the car is not that easy. Later in the day I spotted a group of people gathering around a Healey in the shade. As I found out later, this car had been towed in on the first day and had not run since then. I stuck my nose into the crowed and listen to the suggestions, directions, and tips from the bystanders. Impatient as I am, I stepped in ask some questions about the problem. They had tried everything and it still wasn t running. Something mysterious here. Pushing the starter button let the car run, as soon the button was released, the motor died. Lucas, the Prince of Darkness!! But this time it was a Pertronix problem. It was set with a 5-6mm gap between the Magnet carrier and Black box. This gap needs to be 0.5mm-0.8mm. After fixing this, the car started and ran at idle. A loud cheer went up in the parking lot. That evening, at the reception, there was glow strips on the table for decoration and someone made a ring out of this and set it on my head as a halo. I hope the owner made it home after the event without more problems. Problems during long drives will result in losing interest in driving the cars for long distances and they end up becoming trailer queens. Also at the the Funkhana one participant lost his brake pressure at the finish line. Cruising to a safe parking spot, he called his mechanic for help. While he was on the phone I could see brake fluid dripping on the left front wheel. I told him he had a broken hard brake line on his front left wheel. This he passed on to his Mechanic in Alabama by phone. Here is that phone conversation: Mechanic: You know this guy? Owner: No and grabbing my name tag, he read to the mechanic Udo Putzke Mechanic: Ask him if he has a Mercedes. Owner: Do you have a Mercedes? Udo: Yes Owner to mechanic: He says Yes Mechanic to Owner: Is this car published in the Star Magazine? (Star Magazine is the Mercedes- Benz Club of America Magazine) Owner to Udo: Is this car in a Magazine? Udo: Yes Mechanic: You can trust him; I am just sitting here reading his article in the Star Magazine It turns out his mechanic is German, and used to work for MB in the Alabama plant and is now running his own repair business. So, after having a new hard line made by the 501 Auto club from Louisville, I installed it and without additional bleeding we had a hard brake pedal and one more happy camper (especially his wife). For bleeding I just used the well working gravity feeding process. If you d like to know how this works, ask me next time you see me. In conclusion, the 2012 Conclave was another well organized event. Gisela and I enjoyed the time with our friends Tom and Ernestine Lucky. We look forward to seeing you all at one of the next Austin Healey meetings. HEALEY 17 HEARSAY

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